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Off the Chart winners from UCLA Health
News about UCLA Health

Ten UCLA Nurses Recognized by the Simms/Mann Family Foundation

Ten UCLA Health nurses are among 40 honored by the Simms/Mann Family Foundation in the second year of a campaign to recognize extraordinary nurses in Los Angeles. Off the Chart: Rewarding Nursing Greatness, recognized 40 nurses in the Los Angeles area.
May 9, 2024   |  
4 min read
brain scans
Cancer,
Science & Research

Adding immune-boosting agent to personalized cancer vaccine supercharges the body's immune defense against malignant brain tumors

Investigators at UCLA Health have pinpointed a combination immunotherapy treatment that enhances the immune response for people with malignant gliomas, an aggressive type of brain tumor that is fast growing and difficult to treat.
May 9, 2024   |  
5 min read
Dr. Tanya Stoyanova
Cancer,
Science & Research

Dr. Tanya Stoyanova receives Department of Defense Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award

Dr. Tanya Stoyanova was awarded an Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award from the Department of Defense to develop new approaches to detect and treat neuroendocrine prostate cancer, a highly aggressive subtype of prostate cancer.
May 9, 2024   |  
2 min read
USA Basketball and UCLA Health logos
News about UCLA Health

UCLA Health Named Official Team Physicians of USA Basketball

USA Basketball, the national governing body for the sport of basketball in the United States, and UCLA Health, a world-class health care system, today announced a multi-year partnership establishing UCLA Health as the Official Team Physicians of USA Basketball.
May 8, 2024   |  
2 min read
The Santa Barbara Primary & Specialty Care Clinic
Cancer,
News about UCLA Health

UCLA Health opens new location in Santa Barbara to meet growing needs of the community

UCLA Health has opened a new location in Santa Barbara, housing primary & specialty care and cancer care at one downtown Santa Barbara location in response to the area’s growing demand for the health system’s world-class care.
May 6, 2024   |  
2 min read
John K. Lee
Cancer,
Science & Research

Dr. John Lee receives grants from Department of Defense

The Department of Defense awarded Dr. John Lee, associate professor-in-residence in the division of Hematology/Oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, with its Impact and Idea Development Awards to help advance more effective treatments for prostate and bladder cancers.
May 3, 2024   |  
2 min read
Site of the UCLA Research Park, future home of the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy
Cancer,
News about UCLA Health,
Science & Research
breast screening
Cancer,
Science & Research

New breast cancer screening recommendations aim to address health inequities, especially among Black women

While the recommendations offer a step forward in making screening equitable for populations that have been missed with the previously higher screening starting age, challenges remain in ensuring equitable access to screening.
April 30, 2024   |  
3 min read
vaccine
News about UCLA Health
Colorectal cancer
Ask the Doctors,
Cancer

Study looks at role of oral microbe in colorectal cancer

I recently read about a study that found a link between a certain kind of bacteria that lives in your mouth and the risk of developing colon cancer. I would like to know more details about that study, and also if this might point to a new approach in treatments.
April 24, 2024   |  
3 min read
urology surgeons
Cancer,
Science & Research

UCLA Health urologists will showcase groundbreaking research at the 2024 American Urological Association Annual Meeting

UCLA Health faculty, scientists, and urologists will present research data on the latest discoveries and innovations in urology at the 2024 American Urological Association’s (AUA) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, May 3-6.
April 24, 2024   |  
3 min read
PSA
Cancer,
Science & Research

Prostate cancer screenings encouraged for Black men as early as 40

New prostate screening guidelines organized by the Prostate Cancer Foundation aim to address the longstanding health disparity in prostate cancer: Black men are diagnosed with and die from prostate cancer at a much higher rate than white men.
April 24, 2024   |  
4 min read
3d rendered illustration - bladder cancer
Cancer,
Science & Research

FDA approves immunotherapy drug combo for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer after UCLA-led research shows improved outcomes for patients

The FDA approval was based on results of the QUILT 3.032 clinical trial, which was led by Dr. Karim Chamie, associate professor urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a researcher at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
April 23, 2024   |  
3 min read